Quality of colonoscopy performed by medical or surgical specialists and trainees in five Australian hospitals

Table 1 Comparison of key outcomes between eligible procedures performed by medical and surgical specialists

	Medical, n = 716	Surgical, n = 551	P value	OR (95%CI)
Patient age, median (IQR)	65 (58-73)	64 (56-71)	0.04	-
Patient gender (male %)	49.7 (n = 356)	48.8 (n = 269)	0.75	-
Cancer detection rate (%)	2.7 (n = 19)	4.7 (n = 26)	0.052	0.55 (0.30-1.01)
CSPDR (%)	46.6 (n = 325)	35.6 (n = 187)	< 0.001	1.58 (1.25-1.99)
ADR (%)	44 (n = 307)	34 (n = 178)	< 0.001	1.53 (1.21-1.94)
SLDR (%)	6.6 (n = 46)	4.6 (n = 24)	0.13	1.47 (0.89-2.45)

CSPDR: Clinically significant polyp detection rate; ADR: Adenoma detection rate; SLDR: Serrated lesion detection rate; CI: Confidence interval; OR: Odds ratio; IQR: Inter-quartile range.